Zhiwei Xu

2.5k total citations
55 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Zhiwei Xu is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiwei Xu has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Atmospheric Science, 27 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Zhiwei Xu's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers), Aeolian processes and effects (22 papers) and Geological formations and processes (12 papers). Zhiwei Xu is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers), Aeolian processes and effects (22 papers) and Geological formations and processes (12 papers). Zhiwei Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Israel. Zhiwei Xu's co-authors include Huayu Lu, Joseph A. Mason, Thomas Stevens, Shuangwen Yi, Han Feng, Jun Cheng, Lin Zeng, Anna Bird, Xianyan Wang and Hanzhi Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Zhiwei Xu

53 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhiwei Xu China 23 1.4k 902 295 262 231 55 1.8k
Onn Crouvi Israel 21 1.0k 0.7× 805 0.9× 192 0.7× 179 0.7× 273 1.2× 55 1.7k
Valdir F. Novello Brazil 19 1.2k 0.8× 447 0.5× 340 1.2× 380 1.5× 156 0.7× 38 1.5k
John P. McGeehin United States 27 1.4k 1.1× 617 0.7× 175 0.6× 452 1.7× 210 0.9× 71 2.2k
Wenying Jiang China 21 1.5k 1.1× 537 0.6× 218 0.7× 437 1.7× 401 1.7× 45 1.8k
Jibao Dong China 17 1.0k 0.7× 432 0.5× 135 0.5× 218 0.8× 151 0.7× 34 1.4k
Gerhard Daut Germany 29 1.7k 1.3× 672 0.7× 231 0.8× 552 2.1× 297 1.3× 71 2.1k
Roland Zech Germany 31 2.1k 1.6× 598 0.7× 215 0.7× 431 1.6× 660 2.9× 102 2.4k
James B. Swinehart United States 21 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 273 0.9× 406 1.5× 194 0.8× 39 1.9k
Mingrui Qiang China 31 2.3k 1.7× 1.3k 1.4× 396 1.3× 530 2.0× 391 1.7× 62 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhiwei Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhiwei Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiwei Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhiwei Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhiwei Xu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zhiwei Xu. Zhiwei Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Xu, Zhiwei, et al.. (2025). Detecting and calibrating large biases in global onshore wind power assessment across temporal scales. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3775–3775. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Bin, Jie Fang, Zhenhua Yu, et al.. (2024). The development of biological soil crust along the time series is mediated by archaeal communities. Geoderma. 449. 117022–117022. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Hongkai, et al.. (2024). Development and carbon accumulation dynamics of a minerotrophic fen during the last millennium, northeast China. CATENA. 240. 107976–107976. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Ying, et al.. (2024). Multiple age control of young nebkhas in the Mu Us dune field, north-central China. Quaternary Geochronology. 82. 101531–101531. 2 indexed citations
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Stavi, Ilan, et al.. (2023). Unexpected consequences of afforestation in degraded drylands: Divergent impacts on soil and vegetation. Journal of Environmental Management. 345. 118703–118703. 10 indexed citations
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Huang, Danqing, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of ERA5 reanalysis over the deserts in northern China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 151(1-2). 801–816. 13 indexed citations
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Yi, Shuangwen, Lin Zeng, Zhiwei Xu, et al.. (2022). Sea-level changes in the Bohai Sea, northern China, constrained by coastal loess accumulation over the past 200 ka. Quaternary Science Reviews. 277. 107368–107368. 8 indexed citations
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Han, Zhiyong, Xusheng Li, Yong Wang, et al.. (2020). Beach ridges of Dali Lake in Inner Mongolia reveal precipitation variation during the Holocene. Journal of Quaternary Science. 35(5). 716–725. 34 indexed citations
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Yizhaq, Hezi, Zhiwei Xu, & Yosef Ashkenazy. (2020). The effect of wind speed averaging time on the calculation of sand drift potential: New scaling laws. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 544. 116373–116373. 32 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhiwei, Joseph A. Mason, Chi Xu, et al.. (2020). Critical transitions in Chinese dunes during the past 12,000 years. Science Advances. 6(9). eaay8020–eaay8020. 62 indexed citations
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Lu, Huayu, et al.. (2019). Quantifying the effect of geomorphology on aeolian dust emission potential in northern China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 44(14). 2872–2884. 29 indexed citations
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Han, Zhiyong, Xusheng Li, Yong Wang, et al.. (2018). Sandy Loess Records of Precipitation Changes and Monsoon Migrations in the Hunshandake Sandy Land Since the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 33(9). 945–957. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhiwei, Joseph A. Mason, Huayu Lu, et al.. (2017). Crescentic dune migration and stabilization: Implications for interpreting paleo-dune deposits as paleoenvironmental records. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 27(11). 1341–1358. 15 indexed citations
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Lu, Huayu, Shuang Yi, Zhengyu Liu, et al.. (2013). Variation of East Asian monsoon precipitation during the past 21 k.y. and potential CO2 forcing. Geology. 41(9). 1023–1026. 291 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhiwei, et al.. (2010). Self-injurious behavior among rural stay-at-home middle school students and its relationship with internal and external locus of control. Chinese Journal of Public Health. 26(7). 868–869. 5 indexed citations
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Ma, Fei, et al.. (2010). The application of geostatistics in grain size trend analysis: A case study of eastern Beibu Gulf. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 20(1). 77–90. 44 indexed citations

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